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… Blank Template Cheshire West and Chester Council Carbon Management Plan • Introduction • Council priorities • Legislative drivers • Performance • Carbon budget analysis • Vision and strategy • Baseline v Current • Key actions • Finance • Monitoring • Offsetting • Governance • Glossary…
…. Despite our achievements to date, the science and evidence is clear - climate change poses a significant threat to our way of life, and the time for action is now. While Government and other bodies should take a national and international lead, a big difference can be made at a more local level. Cheshire West and Chester has set an ambition to become a carbon neutral borough, reducing…
… a framework for governments as well as business and investors to keep global warming well below 2 degrees Celsius, pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 degrees Celsius. A temperature rise of 1.5 degrees Celsius is seen by some countries, such as low-lying islands at risk of rising sea levels, as the limit beyond which their existence is threatened…
…. https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2019/9780111187654 https://unfccc.int/process-and-meetings/the-paris-agreement/the-paris-agreement Cheshire West and Chester carbon performance The Council follows the Greenhouse Gas Protocol Corporate Standard for monitoring and reporting emissions. It is an international accounting tool for Government and businesses to understand…
…. Examples include: • the purchase of Renewable Energy Guarantees of Origin Certificates • investment in directly supplied renewable energy systems • reforestation and tree planting • Gold Standard Carbon offsets. All offsets are to be demonstrated to be additional or accelerated and would not have taken place without the Council offsetting residual emissions. Governance…